Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicDarkel - At The End Of The Sky
Whiffs of Serge Gainsbourg instrumentation and delicate orchestral touches can't conceal the fact that this is massively dull. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
The Veils @ ABC
The Veils, having progressed to full on rock, tear their songs to shreds Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
The Killers @ Carling Academy
A spectacular show from start to finish; one to draw in doubters and delight diehard fans Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
My Chemical Romance @ Barrowland
the Barrowland is the ideal venue for an event entangled with sinister, enticing peripheries Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
MV & EE Medicine Show @ The Captain's Rest
they brought together forward-looking psych, free folk, vintage blues, country and rock Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Laki Mera @ ABC
they have the right mixture of seriousness and pop sensibility to achieve success Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Music
Ben Kweller @ QMU
At times throwing himself around the stage, Kweller's passion for his music is infectious with no real low points. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Boy Kill Boy - Shoot Me Down
Bell-like guitars and xylophone, simple but catchy keyboard, and Chris Peck's charming vocals Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Unkle Bob - Sugar and Spite
The consistently late-night atmosphere of the album builds into a majestic folk climax Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Mr Scruff, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Dec 15
The cartoons and the childlike innocence of songs like 'Fish' and 'The Whale Song' should not make you underestimate Scruff as a producer or DJ Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Roots Manuva: A Poetic Pallette (PRINT ONLY - SHORT)
Leader : The Skinny talks with Roots Manuva about his role as ""the guy on the corner with the Super T"" as he prepares to put together a new band and take them on the road.
Pull Quote : ""I always tried to project this image of a goody-two-shoes but then I'd be upstairs on the sex line.""
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Theatre
Theatre Workshop Ticket Giveaway
it will unlock the inner child in the most Scrooge-like of theatre-goers Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Theatre
T'is the season afterall
Festive theatre gives those of us longer in tooth an opportunity to revisit the places from which our imagination was born. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Film
Music Releases
4 DecHigh School Musical (Buenavista)Now Thats What I Call A Music Quiz 2 - Interactive Dvd Game (Virgin/EMI)11 DecAdam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver - Th... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
ClubsXzibit - Full Circle
Xzibit's version of a politically and socially observant album Read more »| 12 Dec 2006